Mehmet Bölükbaşı (born 24 March 1978) is a Turkish

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playing for

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side

İstanbulspor İstanbulspor Kulübü is a Turkish association football, football and sports club founded by Istanbul High School students in 1926. In 2004–05, they were relegated from the Turkish Süper Lig (Super League) to the TFF First League. For many d ...

. He is a product of A. Sebatspor youth academy. Journeyman Mehmet spent most of his professional career with the

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winner

Galatasaray Galatasaray Spor Kulübü (, ''Galatasaray Sports Club''), more commonly referred to as simply Galatasaray and familiarly as Cimbom, is a Turkish sports club based on the European side of the city of Istanbul including basketball, wheelchair ...

after being discovered by

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while playing in the third division. He directly found a place in first eleven, however, with the arrival of

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he could never get the chance to play regularly. He was capped for the Turkish U21 team in 1998. When he became the third choice goalkeeper for Galatasaray, he left for

where his career went further down. After playing for several

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n sides, he returned to İstanbulspor in January 2008.MacKolik.com::Futbol, Canlı Sonuçlar, Puan Durumu, Futbol Haberleri
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Honours

Galatasaray *

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: 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2001–02 *

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: 1998–99, 1999–00 *

: 1999–00

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bolukbasi, Mehmet Boluspor footballers Çaykur Rizespor footballers İstanbulspor footballers Samsunspor footballers Akçaabat Sebatspor footballers 1978 births Living people Turkish men's footballers Turkey men's under-21 international footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Footballers from Trabzon Province